Liberal neutrality
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Liberal neutrality
Routledge, 1989
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  Iwate
  Miyagi
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  Chiba
  Tokyo
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  Niigata
  Toyama
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  Fukui
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  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
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  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
"The essays result from deliberations of the Liberal Political Theory Specialist Group of the Political Studies Association of the United Kingdom"--Acknow
Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Is the liberal state neutral? Can it be? Should it be? These are key questions for the twenty first century. These leading authors focus on the implications of neutrality for particular social and political institutions. This book is of interest to students and lecturers of political theory and philosophy.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Deus ex Machina
Chapter One: Religious Geopolitics
1.1 Defining the Problem: The Misconception of the "End of History"
1.2 Research Objectives
1.3 Chapter Review
Chapter Two: A Kaleidoscopic Dialectical Methodology
2.1 Towards a new Methodology of Examining the Global South
2.2 Re-Identifying Religious Fundamentalism in the Context of Globalization, Hybridity and Modernity
Chapter Three: Globalization, Hybridity and Religion
3.1 Religion Throughout the Ages: A History of Globalization and Hybridity
3.2 Religion as Globalization
3.3 Religion at the Dawn of Urbanism
Chapter Four: Modernity and Religion
4.1 Religion and `Modernity' in Antiquity
4.2 Secularization: A Strictly European Phenomenon
4.3 Modernity as Social Autonomy
4.4 Multiple Modernities
Chapter Five: Theories of Religion
5.1 Religious Systems: Communication with the Sacred
5.2 Religious Conflict and Politics of Identity
5.3 Religion and Ideology: The Ideological Power of Networks
5.4 Aspects of Contemporary Religious Communication
Chapter Six: Religious Fundamentalism: A Hybrid Construct of Modernity and Tradition
6.1 Towards a Definition of Religious Fundamentalism
6.2 Communication and Media Propaganda
6.3 Religious Intolerance and Violence
6.4 Apocalyptic Religions and Cosmic War
Chapter Seven: Conclusion: Postcolonialism and its Discontents
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